A poor U.S. jobs report sends shockwaves through the markets. David Kotok, chairman and chief investment officer at Cumblerland Advisors and Andrew Freris, senior invmt strategist at BNP Paribas Wealth Management break down the numbers, with CNBC's Martin Soong.
Discussing why there is so much investor interest over the Hong Kong debut of shampoo maker BaWang International, with Paul Pong, MD at Pegasus Fund Managers, speaking with CNBC's Sri Jegarajah.
Discussing the prospect of a new reserve currency, with David Kotok, chairman and chief investment officer at Cumblerland Advisors, Andrew Freris, invmt strategist, BNP Paribas Wealth Mgmt and CNBC's Martin Soong.
With the new financial year in Australia already underway, Angus Geddes, CEO of Fat Prophets & Craig Webb, executive director at UBS reveal which stocks they're picking for the year ahead, with CNBC's Karen Tso.
Tanya Landwehr, MD at KITS Fortis Investments likes Russia's metals and mining sectors as they are benefiting quite significantly from China's stimulus packages. She highlights companies like Novolipetsk Iron and Magnitogorsk Iron.
More than two months into the swine flu outbreak, the H1N1 virus has infected over 70,000 people and taken some 300 lives. While H1N1 is highly infectious, it isn't as virulent as other flu strains such as H5N1, otherwise known as bird flu. However, it can potentially inflict grievous hurt on one's investments. Read More
Hyundai is trying to ease consumer fears about rising gas prices by running a new promotion where buyers of most Hyundai models join a program where they never pay more than a $1.49 a gallon for the next year. As promotions go, I think it's a smart move. It will get Hyundai in the conversation with many buyers. Read More
Shinsei Bank and Aozora Bank are set to merge in Japan to create Japan's sixth-largest lender. Stuart Leckie, chairman of Stirling Finance Hong Kong, tells CNBC's Oriel Morrison what challenges lie ahead for the two banks.
Australia's trade deficit doubles to A$556 million in May. Warren Hogan, head of economics & interest rate research at ANZ Bank, breaks down the data and shares his outlook for the Australian jobs market, with CNBC's Oriel Morrison.
The Treasury is set to unveil its Public-Private Investment Program. Bill Smith, president, CEO & senior portfolio manager at SAM Advisors, thinks PPIP will launch but become extinct in a few years. He tells CNBC's Martin Soong this is because banks are quite unwilling to let go of assets at undervalued prices.
It's been a long time coming. Roughly two years if you're keeping score. That's the last time Ford was locked in as the #2 automaker in the U.S. Well, after the first six months of 2009 Ford as once again pulled ahead of Toyota in U.S. sales year-to-date. Read More
Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak speaks to CNBC's Adam Bakhtiar about the country's latest reforms and whether the economic stimulus packages have been effective.
The Japanese economy is still bleak based on the latest tankan survey, believes Graham Davis, MD, Japan at Economist Group. He shares his outlook with CNBC's Chloe Cho & Rebecca Meehan.
Discussing consumer confidence in Asia, Yuwa Hedrick-Wong, economic advisor at MasterCard Worldwide says domestic demand in China and India will be the leading locomotive to pull the rest of Asia along. He speaks to CNBC's Martin Soong.
Christoffer Moltke-Leth, head of sales trading for Asia Pacific at Saxo Capital Markets prefers to invest in quality companies with low leverage and solid balance sheet, given the subdued outlook. He believes this can be found in defensive sectors.
Markets don't develop in isolation, neither do they develop in unison. In any related group, there's usually a leader, and a laggard. These inter-market relationships provide good trading opportunities because one index will lead the way in behavior and development. Alert traders watch the leader, then look for a duplication of this behavior in other associated markets. Read More
Hopes that Asia is going to be the new engine of the global economy are overblown at this point, cautions Stephen Roach, chairman at Morgan Stanley Asia. He tells CNBC's Martin Soong, Karen Tso & Sri Jegarajah why.
Pricing pressure is more likely to be on the upside for iron ore prices, rather than on the downside, says Michael Langford, senior strategist at Quam Securities. He gives his take on the iron ore price negotiations between China, BHP and Rio, with CNBC's Martin Soong, Karen Tso & Sri Jegarajah.
The total amount of funds raised through IPOs in Hong Kong could jump to HK$100 billion this year, a PWC survey said. Edmond Chan, partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers sheds light on the report, with CNBC's Oriel Morrison.
Kirk West, managing director for Asia at Principal Global Investors, believes the Malaysian government's decision to relax rules on foreign investment makes the country an attractive place to invest in. West also believes companies operating where there is good domestic consumption and pricing power are attractive opportunities.
As Japan's industrial output rose for the third straight month in May, Iain Pickett, deputy head of research at ABN AMRO Private Banking, says this suggests the economy is on the path to recovery. He shares his outlook, with CNBC's Sri Jegarajah.
China will not diversify away from the U.S. dollar, believes Jan Lambregts, global head of financial markets research at Rabobank International. He shares his outlook for euro-dollar, with CNBC's Sri Jegarajah.
China's headline GDP growth is accelerating back towards 8%, but the quality of growth is deteriorating, and deteriorating fast, notes Ben Simpfendorfer, chief China economist at Royal Bank Of Scotland. He tells Sean Darby of Nomura International & CNBC's Martin Soong more.
Japan's consumer prices fell a record 1.1% in the year to May, showing that deflation continues to dog its economy. Junko Nishioka, economist at RBS Securities analyzes the data, with CNBC's Amanda Drury.
Qantas has canceled orders for 15 Boeing Dreamliner aircraft and deferred another 15. Martin Lakos, division director at Macquarie Private Wealth analyzes this news, with CNBC's Sri Jegarajah.
We have been treating the wrong patient, as the problem we have in credit creation is solely in the secondary markets, notes Robert Albertson, principal & chief strategist at Sandler O'Neill & Partners. He tells CNBC's Martin Soong more.
Robert Howe, chief executive officer of Geomatrix, said to look at Asian financials and properties as they will benefit from continued quantitative easing.